EMERSON, Ga. -- A walk-off home run in game one helped the Covenant baseball team to a doubleheader split with Erskine on Friday at the LakePoint Complex in Emerson. Covenant took game one, 8-6, before falling in the finale 16-4.

It was the first all-time meetings between Covenant (1-3) and Erskine (2-4).

GAME ONE: Covenant 8, Erskine 6

Brooks DuBose hit a two-run, walk-off, home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift Covenant to an 8-6 win over Erskine in Friday's opener.

Covenant led 6-5 entering the top of the ninth, but Erskine's Livan Reinoso hit a solo home run -- his second of the game -- to leadoff the inning and tie the score. In the bottom of the inning, a one-out error allowed Josh Harvey to reach and prolong the frame for DuBose. The senior deposited Zach Overholt's pitch just over the left-field fence to win the game.

The homer was DuBose's first of the year and it was the sixth walk-off home run in program history. 

Covenant took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning on Brett McHugh's first career home run, a two-run shot to left field. McHugh doubled earlier in the game for his first collegiate hit.

Erskine answered with two runs in the fifth and sixth innings to grab a 5-2 lead. The Scots responded in the bottom of the sixth with four runs, highlighted by Lewis Saunders' two-run single, to take a 6-5 lead.

Adam Carver made the start for the Scots and tossed 4.2 innings allowing three runs with six strikeouts. Zach Tolleson threw two innings in relief and Conor Austin (1-0) picked up the win.

McHugh finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs, while Saunders also had two hits to go along with two RBIs. Harvey added two hits and a run scored.

Reinoso went 5-for-5 for Erskine with two homers and two RBIs and three runs scored as the Fleet had 16 hits in the contest. Starter Allen Saathoff went four innings and struck out nine, while Overholt (0-1) got the loss.

GAME TWO: Erskine 16, Covenant 4

Erskine scored 14 runs over a three-inning stretch to pull away for a 16-4 victory in the finale.

Covenant took a 2-0 lead in the second on an Alex Gonzalez two-run single, but Erskine answered with 16 straight runs.

Gonzalez finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs, Harvey, McKaleb Harlemon, and Kenny Mills also had a hit apiece in the loss. Nick Pettit made the start and went three innings for the Scots.

Armando Beccera went 3-for-3 to lead Erskine's offense that produced 16 runs on 12 hits. Chase Hadwin (2-0) picked up the win.

UP NEXT

Covenant opens the home schedule on Friday, Feb. 19 against Johnson in game one of a three-game series. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.

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